❥ about
(they/them)
Fawn Penn is a sculptor living and working in Chicago. Penn holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020) and is the co-founder of The Digs Chicago, a non-profit ceramics studio, and Old Friends, a contemporary art gallery. Penn was listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Local List (2023) and is a recipient of the Center for Craft Windgate-Lamar Fellowship (2020).
Penn’s solo show Remedy for the Relief of Human Suffering was staged at VSG Contemporary in Chicago in 2025. They have exhibited at Patient Info; Ingrown; Bridgeport Art Center; and Roots and Culture, in Chicago.